We attended the Georgia Shakespeare performace of As You Like It, by William Shakespeare. It was fine. As you can see from the image, the play was set with a groovy 70’s fashion statement. The first act wasn’t so 70’s as to be overwhelming, but the second act felt like Austin Powers. Alas. Still, the …
Category Archives: Fiction
Random TV Shoutout -or- One of the Best TV Show Episodes Ever
Whoah Nelly! This post has been sitting around since January. Time to get it out the door. Parts are less timely, because Doctor Who season 3 is nearly over, but the meat of the post is still relevant. If you read my blog, you probably don’t need me to tell you that the latest edition …
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Indiana Jones IV: Sucking to New Limits
There are no direct spoilers in this review but if you don’t want to know anything about the movie before you see it, don’t read The short and sweet of this review: “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” is the worst movie you’ll see this summer. If it’s not, God help Hollywood. …
Hugo Short Stories
The 5 short stories nominated for the Hugo Award are available to be read, for free, and they’re conveniently linked by SF Signal. They are all, with the exception of “Last Contact” by Stephen Baxter, going to be on Escape Pod, too, in the next few weeks (“Tideline” was last week). My calls: “Last Contact” …
Science Fiction is Love
Do you like science fiction? I like science fiction. I like science fiction because so much of science fiction is fucking hilarious. For example. John Scalzi. I’ve read this story several times, but I read it again today and I’m sitting here, at my desk, at work, trying not to advertise the fact that my …
We're Doomed!
Scifi Disaster flicks are a staple of the industry. Good Scifi disaster flicks are the minority. It looks like there will be soon a new miniseries to add to the other category. Budgeted at $13 million, the effects-heavy “Impact” chronicles the aftermath of a meteor shower during which a piece of a dwarf star lodges …
"Sweeney Todd"
We watched Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street last night. When we turned it on, the advance warnings came up and one was the movie rating: R for “Graphic Bloody Violence”. Oh my god, they were right. If I wanted to see so many throats bloodily slit…never mind. I didn’t want to see …
"Don't Bore Me" -or- Why I'm not Finishing this Book
I read Kate Elliot’s Manifesto this morning and it has pushed me over the edge to a decision I’ve been edging toward for the past few days. I will not finish Verner Vinge’s A Fire upon the Deep, despite being halfway through. Why? Because it’s boring me to death. I’m finding it to be work …
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The Idiot Plot and Other Things
This man says many things I agree with concerning my reading of novels. No idot plots. Less Deux ex Machina. As I get older, I find myself less and less inclined to read stuff that I used to like. I guess this is me maturing as a critical reader; I demand more out of my …
Happy Down with Sauron Day!
Today is the anniversary of the culmination of Frodo and Sam’s journey to the Crack of Doom and the downfall of Sauron and the end of the third age. All hail the age of Men!